TRIPURA: BIPLAB KUMAR DEB TO BE THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER

Tripura BJP president and newly-elected MLA Biplab Kumar Deb was today unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislature party in the state. Deb, whose name was proposed by party MLA Sudip Roy Burman in the meeting, will be the new chief minister of Tripura. BJP’s poll ally, the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) , has demanded that the chief minister be from the tribal community. BJP MLA Jishnu Debbarma will be the deputy chief minister.

The BJP and the IPFT swept to power in the state, winning 43 seats in the 60 member assembly. BJP bagged 35 seats and the IPFT eight. Elections were held for 59 seats of the 60 member assembly on February 18. Polling was countermanded in one seat due to death of a CPI(M) candidate.